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The Social Media category spans every major platform where conversations happen — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Reddit. These actors extract posts, profiles, comments, engagement metrics, ad library data, and follower graphs. For AI agents that need to understand what people are saying, who is saying it, and how content is performing, this category provides the raw signal.
This category contains 6,108 APIs, updated daily from Apify’s marketplace.

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Top APIs in this category

APIs are ranked by Bayesian quality score, which balances average rating with review volume to surface consistently high-quality actors — not just ones with a single glowing review.
APIRatingDescription
Instagram Scraper⭐ 4.68 (339)Scrapes Instagram posts, profiles, places, hashtags, photos, and comments from URLs or search queries.
TikTok Scraper⭐ 4.70 (230)Extracts TikTok videos, hashtags, and user data including followers, hearts, shares, and music details.
Facebook Posts Scraper⭐ 4.66 (143)Extracts posts, videos, captions, reactions, video transcripts, and engagement metrics from Facebook pages.
Tweet Scraper V2⭐ 4.26 (153)Fast search, URL, list, and profile scraping on X/Twitter with customizable filters at $0.40 per 1,000 tweets.
YouTube Scraper⭐ 4.75 (132)YouTube crawler and video scraper with no API quotas. Extracts channel name, likes, views, and subscriber counts.
Instagram Profile Scraper⭐ 4.66 (100)Extracts Instagram profile data including follower counts, bio, website, post count, and latest posts from usernames or URLs.
Instagram Post Scraper⭐ 4.21 (92)Scrapes Instagram posts including caption, metrics, images, mentions, coauthors, and sponsored status.
Twitter (X.com) Scraper Unlimited⭐ 4.25 (84)Enterprise-grade Twitter data extraction with no rate limits. Transparent event-based pricing for any scale.
Facebook Ad Library Scraper⭐ 4.74 (73)Scrapes Facebook ads from the Ad Library by search results or by page — fast and lightweight at $0.75 per 1,000 results.
Sherlock⭐ 4.70 (76)Finds social media accounts by username across networks using the open-source Sherlock project.
Instagram Reel Scraper⭐ 4.63 (71)Scrapes Instagram reels including caption, transcript, hashtags, comments, likes, shares, and duration from any profile or reel URL.
Profile Posts Scraper for LinkedIn⭐ 4.68 (58)Scrapes LinkedIn post content, reactions, and comment counts for any public profile without cookies.
X (Twitter) Advanced Search Scraper⭐ 4.94 (42)Advanced X search with 50+ filters including content, geo, engagement thresholds, and media type.
X (Twitter) Community Search Post Scraper⭐ 4.93 (33)Extracts tweets from X communities with full community context for large-scale collection.
TikTok Video & Comment Scraper⭐ 5.0 (26)Extracts rich TikTok video details and comments with high-speed, stable data collection.

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Use with your agent

The example below uses the Instagram Scraper to collect posts from a profile, suitable for social listening or influencer analysis pipelines. 
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apify~instagram-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"},
    json={
        "directUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"],
        "resultsType": "posts",
        "resultsLimit": 50
    }
)

posts = response.json()
for post in posts:
    print(post["caption"], post["likesCount"], post["commentsCount"])

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What you can build

  • Social listening agents that track brand mentions, hashtags, and sentiment across Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok in near real-time
  • Influencer research tools that analyze follower counts, engagement rates, and posting patterns to identify partnership candidates
  • Content monitoring pipelines that watch competitor pages for new posts, ads, and campaigns and summarize changes daily
  • Competitor analysis systems that scrape ad libraries, post histories, and engagement metrics to benchmark against industry peers

Lead Generation APIs

Email finders, contact enrichment, and B2B prospecting

Automation APIs

Scheduled tasks, bulk collection, and workflow orchestration

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